Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball

Youngstown State Penguins
Youngstown State Penguins
	2024–25 Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball team
University	Youngstown State University
Head coach	Melissa Jackson (1st season)
Conference	Horizon League
Location	Youngstown, Ohio
Arena	Beeghly Center ; (capacity: 6,300)
Nickname	Penguins
Student section	The Arctic
Colors	Red and white;
NCAA tournament round of 32
	1998
NCAA tournament appearances
	1996, 1998, 2000
Conference tournament champions
	1996, 1998, 2000
Conference regular-season champions
	1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2022

Last updated May 30, 2025

The Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball team represents Youngstown State University in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Horizon League.^[2] On March 14, 2024, Melissa Jackson was named the new head coach of Youngstown State University.^[3]

History

The Penguins have made the NCAA Tournament three times (all coinciding with their Summit League tournament titles). Of the three, they have one postseason win, in 1998. As a 12 seed, they upset Memphis 91–80. They lost to North Carolina State 88–61 in the next round. As of the end of the 2015–16 season, Youngstown State has an all-time record of 568–546.^[4]

Seasonal Results

Horizon League
Year	Overall Rec.	Conference Rec.
2006–07	7–21	5–12
2007–08	14–17	8–9
2008–09	3–27	1–17
2009–10	0–30	0–18
2010–11	6–24	4–14
2011–12	10–20	4–14
2012–13	23–10	11–5
2013–14	15–16	10–6
2014–15	21–11	9–7
2015–16	21–13	9–9
2016–17	9–21	5–13
2017–18	16–16	11–7
2018–19	22–10	13–5
2019–20	13–17	6–12
2020–21	10–8	9–7
2021–22	24–7	18–4
2022–23	19–11	13–7

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NCAA tournament results

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1996	#15	First Round	#2 Penn State	L 71–94
1998	#12	First Round Second Round	#5 Memphis #4 NC State	W 91–80 L 61–88
2000	#15	First Round	#2 Penn State	L 63–83

References

↑ "Youngstown State University Athletics License Logos and Trademarks" (PDF). Retrieved June 28, 2017.
↑ "Women's Basketball". Youngstown State.
↑ "Melissa Jackson Chosen to Lead Youngstown State's Women's Basketball Program". Youngstown State University. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
↑ "Youngstown State Women's Basketball 2016-17 Record Book" (PDF). Youngstown State.
↑ "YSU Women's Basketball Archive".

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[1] "Youngstown State University Athletics License Logos and Trademarks" (PDF). Retrieved June 28, 2017.

[2] "Women's Basketball". Youngstown State.

[3] "Melissa Jackson Chosen to Lead Youngstown State's Women's Basketball Program". Youngstown State University. March 14, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2024.

[4] "Youngstown State Women's Basketball 2016-17 Record Book" (PDF). Youngstown State.

[5] "YSU Women's Basketball Archive".

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v t e Youngstown State Penguins women's basketball
Venues	Beeghly Center (1975–present)
Culture & lore	Pete and Penny
People	Head coaches
Seasons	List of seasons 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Horizon League women's basketball
Current teams	Cleveland State Vikings Detroit Mercy Titans Green Bay Phoenix IU Indy Jaguars Milwaukee Panthers Northern Kentucky Norse Oakland Golden Grizzlies Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Robert Morris Colonials Wright State Raiders Youngstown State Penguins
Future team	Northern Illinois Huskies (joining in 2026)
Championships & awards	Horizon League women's basketball tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year
Seasons	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Youngstown State University
Located in: Youngstown, Ohio
Academics	Colleges: Beeghly College of Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, and Education Cliffe College of Creative Arts Dr. Dominic A. and Helen M. Bitonte College of Health and Human Services College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Warren P. Williamson, Jr. College of Business Administration Sokolov Honors College NEOMFA Northeast Ohio Medical University
Athletics	Youngstown State Penguins Football Baseball Men's basketball Women's basketball Stambaugh Stadium Beeghly Center Eastwood Field Missouri Valley Football Conference Horizon League
Campus	Jones Hall Kilcawley Center
Life	McDonough Museum of Art WYSU Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor
People	List of Youngstown State University people Presidents